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Nvidia weighed last-minute OpenRouter bid in July, startup declined to wait

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The Information reports that in July, Nvidia considered a last-minute bid for OpenRouter, a three-year-old AI model marketplace, telling its leadership it was prepared to make a generous offer. However, OpenRouter declined to wait for the potential bid, according to the source.

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  1. Techmeme

    The Information : Source: Nvidia considered a last-minute OpenRouter bid, telling its leadership it was prepared to make a generous offer, but OpenRouter didn't want to wait — This July, Nvidia caught wind of a looming takeover of OpenRouter, a three-year-old startup that had emerged as a popular marketplace for AI models …